Murderer will stay behind bars

Convicted killer won't go up before parole board for five years

3:10 AM,
Oct. 10, 2013

Family and friends of Katherine Howard met outside the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville on Friday. They picketed to keep Brenda Lewis, the woman who admitted to killing Howard, behind bars as her parole hearing began.

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A convicted killer will spend at least another five years behind bars.

Members from the Central Office Board Review of the Ohio Parole Board determined that Brenda C. Lewis, a woman who pleaded guilty to the 1989 murder of Katherine Howard, will not be eligible for parole for another 60 months.

Crystal Howard, one of Katherine's two children, said the family was happy with the board's decision. ...